He said: “The ability to evade the enemy’s air defence line and to be guided from the moment of launch until the target is hit turns Khoramshahr into a tactical missile”.

Iran would “not seek permission from any country for producing various kinds of missile”, the Minister added.

It would be recalled that the US announced fresh sanctions on Iran in July over its ballistic missile programme and what it said was Iran’s support for terror organizations.

It also imposed sanctions on Iran after a ballistic missile test in January. It says such launches violate the spirit of the 2015 agreement between Iran and six world powers to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.

In his reaction to the verbal attack by Trump, Mr. Rouhani responded by referring to Mr. Trump as a “rogue newcomer to international politics” and deplored the US leader’s “ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric”.

Rouhani vowed that his country would “not be the first” to violate the deal, which Mr. Trump has threatened to pull out of despite other signatories and international monitors saying Iran has stuck by its terms.